“In addition, the FRU source said he believed there was little real will by the government to go down the path of seeking truth and reconciliation in Ulster because of what skeletons it would bring out of the cupboard”
History repeats itself: as after the Parnell enquiry in the 1880s, the extent of British intelligence penetration of Republican organisations is an embarrasment to both sides. This, presumably, is why the Bloody Sunday enquiry has not reported and, presumably, never will.
Neil Mackay
14th July, 2008
MI5 HAS rebuilt the life of a “killer spy” who was the British Army’s highest- ranking double agent at the heart of the IRA, and a man implicated in dozens of murders.
Freddie Scappaticci was exposed by the Sunday Herald in May 2003 as the infamous double agent codenamed Stakeknife. The Sunday Herald has now uncovered how Scappaticci has made millions in a taxpayer-funded resettlement package which was put in place after his cover was blown.
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